Scape

Definition of Scape

n.	1.	(Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
	2.	(Zool.) The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect.
	3.	(Arch.) The shaft of a column.
v. t. & i.	1.	To escape. [imp. & p. p. Scaped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping.] Out of this prison help that we may scape. - Chaucer.
n.	1.	An escape. I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. - Shak.
	2.	Means of escape; evasion.
	3.	A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. - Milton.
	4.	Loose act of vice or lewdness.

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